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Persistent Callings: Seasons of Work and Identity on the Oregon Coast - Softcover

Joseph E. Taylor (author)

 
9780870719837: Persistent Callings: Seasons of Work and Identity on the Oregon Coast
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0870719831 ISBN 13: 9780870719837
Publisher: Oregon State University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Using the cultural history of Oregon's Nestucca Valley as a case study, Taylor illustrates the wisdom of seasonal labor, the complex relationships between work and identity, and the resilience of rural economics across a century of almost continual change.

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About the Author

Joseph E. Taylor III is a professor of history and geography at Simon Fraser University. He earned his degrees at the University of Oregon and University of Washington, and his research investigates the intersection of social and ecological systems in the fisheries, outdoor recreation, gentrification, conservation, and politics of the North American West. He is the author of Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis, Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers and Nature at Risk, and Follow the Money: A Spatial History of In-Lieu Programs for Western Federal Lands.

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Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0870719831
ISBN 13 
9780870719837
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256